Wouldnt camber be included with an alignment? I am not sure what the benefit would be to adjusting it myself.

If I did adjust the camber, I take it that you loosen the nut and then the camber can be adjusted. Are there any tips to doing this that you guys could suggest?

 

It's pretty straight forward. They're just saying to get it in the ball park. Cross camber causes the car to pull to one side.

 

I think something is wrong with the ABS system, most like the sensor or teeth. Everytime I get on the brakes the ABS comes on. I looked at the teeth on the side I hit but i didn't see anything nor did I inspect that well. I did hear a repetative series of ticks proportional to the speed of tire rotation. This almost sounds like something is wrong with the sensor/teeth.

Are parts of the ABS system towards the center of the car? That seems to be where I hear the pulsing for the ABS. Even more odd is that it appears that I hear the series of ticks towards the center/passenger side of the car; opposite to where I hit the curb.

Any thoughts?

On a side note, I doubt there are any Haynes manuals but I really should try to get the shop manual. Between the Haynes and the dealer manual, it was possible to do almost anything with the DSMs. With this car, I feel helpless with working on it. Maybe its more fear of messing something up. I just don't like trusting just "anybody" to work on it just like the DSMs.

 

I've got a PDF version of it off ebay for like $5. Much cheaper than doing the real one at $300.